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BARREL COVER.

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JOSEPH F. MORIN, OF IIAIVRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARREL-COVER SEEGIFEGATION rbrrning part of Letters Patent No. 678,675, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed March Z6, 1901. Serial No. 52,918. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JosEPH F. MORIN, of Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Covers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a barrel-cover which shall permit a ready inspection of the contents of the barrel or a sample thereof and shall prevent unauthorized removal of the said contents or sample, the invention being intended particularly for the use of grocers and others who desire to expose samples of their produce for sale.

The invention consists in the improvements Which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, Figure l represents a side view of a barrel-cover embodying my invention, a part of the supportiiigliaiige being broken away. Fig. 2 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the opposite side of the cover. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing in dotted lines a portion of a barrel to which the cover is applied.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the gures.

In the drawings, ct represents a cylindrical band, which constitutes the wall of a circular tray or receptacle and is hereinafter referred to as the outer7 band. The upper edge of the outer band ci is provided with an inwardlyprojecting lip ci', preferably formed by rolling the sheet metal of which the bandis composed over a wire core a2, as shown in Fig. 3.

b represents an inner band, Which bears against the inner surface of the outer band a and has at its upper edge an inwardly-projecting lip b, which is separated from the lip d of the outer band by a space of sufficient Width to receive the margin of a circular pane c of glass, which forms the transparent cover of the tray, of which the bands ct and b constitute the circular Wall. The inner band b is detachable from the outer band, so that it can be removed in case it becomes necessary to replace a broken pane c with a new one, the inner band being here shown as secured to the outer band by means of a bolt d, pass-a ing through the two bands, and a nut d',

so that when the bolt is removed the band b may be contracted and readily removed from the outer baud a. In this embodiment of my invention the outer band is provided at its lower edge with an inwardly-projecting lip a3, which supports the lower edge of the inner band b, so that a single bolt dis sufficient for the coniinement of the inner band.

e represents a circular bottom piece, which is connected by a hingef with the outer band a and is adapted to swing downwardly from the body of the receptacle. The swinging edge of the bottom piece is provided with a catch member, here shown as a resilient sheetmet-al ear g, attached to the bottom piece and bent upwardly around the edge of the same, its upwardly-bent portion having a slot g', adapted to engage an ear g2, affixed to the outer band Ct.

To the outer band ct is afiixed an outwardlyprojecting flange t', which is adapted to rest upon the upper end of a barrel j and has a downwardly-projecting portion or rim t", which surrounds the upper end of the barrel, as indicated in Fig. 3. The downwardly-projecting portion t" of the flange may be connected with the barrel by a hinge 7c, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, or, if preferred, the hinge 7c may be omitted, the ilange being enn tirely separable from the barrel.

Then it is desired to lill the sample-tray above described, the tray is inverted, so that the glass pane c forms its bottom, the bottom piece e is opened, and the sample is inserted, after which the bottom piece is closed and the tray is applied to the barrel in the position shown.

It willv be seen that the described device constitutes a simple and effectual device for closing or covering the mouth of a barrel and at the same time displaying a sample ci its contents.

I claim-M A barrel cover comprising a cylindrical. outer band having an inwardly-projecting lip at its upper edge, a cylindrical inner band detachably secured to the outer band within the latter and having an inwardly-projecting IOO extending downwardly to inelose said upper Io end.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH F. MORIN. \Vitnesses:

HARRY R. DOW,` ANNIE G. MESSER. 

